Evolution
What is Evolution?
A change in a living thing over time.
What are pieces of DNA that control traits?
Genes
What is a permanent change in DNA that is passed to the next generation?
Mutation
True or False: The Earth changes over time.
True
True or false: Genes are found in cells.
True
Living things have small changes in DNA over time to adapt to their environment.
What is Natural Selection?
What code is passsed from parent to child?
DNA
comparing body parts to see how they are alike or different.
comparative anatomy
time periods in which 75% or more of animals and plants die out.
Extinction
_______is the genetic code passed from parent to child.
DNA
True or False: Dominant traits are seen least often in a population
False
An animal in which two or more different species have evolved.
Common Ancestor
Patterns of body parts that help determine relationships between animals that are extinct and alive today.
Homologous Structures
preserved remains of living things, mostly extinct animals/plants.
What is a fossil?
Proteins are responsible for giving you ________ .
Hair, eye color, and skin color . . . . etc.
Artificial Selection is when humans determine which plants and animals to breed together in order to get desired traits
Give an example.
Dogs and foods we eat
A pairs with ?
T
True or False: All mutations are bad.
False
Name the 4 major Eras of planet Earth beginning with the oldest to the most recent.
Precambrian Time
Paleozoic Time
Mesozoic Time
Cenozoic time
The chemical that translates DNA is called _______ .
RNA
C pairs with ?
G
Proteins are made of _______ _______ .
Amino acids